Clean Power Plan

With regulatory authority stemming from the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan targets emissions from existing power plants and outlines state-by-state reduction goals. RFF researchers are analyzing a variety of policy solutions for states to achieve compliance.

Journal Article
Air Pollution Success Stories in the United States: the Value of Long-Term Observations
Mar 15, 2018 | Timothy J. Sullivan, Charles T. Driscoll, Colin M. Beier, Dallas Burtraw, Ivan J. Fernandez, James N. Galloway, David A. Gay, Christine L. Goodale, Gene E. Likens, Gary M. Lovett, Shaun A. Watmough | pp. 69-73
This article highlights past examples of the use of science to document the effectiveness of policy in air quality management in order to inform public discourse.

Air Quality
Testimony
Comments to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and the Maryland General Assembly on the Proposed Repeal of the Clean Power Plan
Jan 11, 2018 | Dallas Burtraw | 28 pp.
Climate Change
Past Seminar
What Does Repeal of the Clean Power Plan Mean for Future Climate and Energy Policies?
Dec 13, 2017 Video
The Trump administration’s move to repeal the Clean Power Plan includes a revised estimate of the social cost of carbon as well as different approaches for considering ancillary public health benefits and the savings from improved fuel efficiency. This RFF seminar explored the implications of these revisions for the Clean Power Plan itself and for potential future energy and climate policies.

Air Quality Climate Change Energy and Electricity
Journal Article
Using Production Incentives to Avoid Emissions Leakage
Oct 26, 2017 | Karen L. Palmer, Dallas Burtraw, Anthony Paul, Hang Yin | pp. 45-56
Climate Change
Blog Post
Economic Reregulation, Environmental Deregulation, and the Future of US Coal-Fired Generation
Oct 17, 2017 | Karen L. Palmer
New regulatory proposals for carbon and US electricity markets present options for system-wide thinking in the sector.

Climate Change Energy and Electricity
Blog Post
Hazy Treatment of Health Benefits: The Case of the Clean Power Plan
Oct 13, 2017 | Alan J. Krupnick, Amelia Keyes
The Trump administration’s move to repeal the Clean Power Plan does not appropriately consider health benefits.

Climate Change
Blog Post
Casey Wichman on Global versus Domestic Benefits in Assessing US Climate Action
Oct 11, 2017 | Peter Nelson
Reconciling domestic and global estimates of the social cost of carbon will be a necessary challenge, especially to the extent that other countries look to the United States for climate leadership.

Climate Change
Blog Post
Trump’s Climate Executive Order Discards American Values
Mar 28, 2017 | Nathan Richardson
US climate policy cannot be shifted by executive order alone. But President Trump’s order on climate represents retreat and a commitment to destructive action that put the global economy and the lives of millions at risk.

Climate Change
Blog Post
RFF on the Issues: Carbon Pricing versus Federal Regulations to Reduce US Emissions
Mar 1, 2017 | Peter Nelson
The Shultz-Baker carbon tax proposal—outlining a $40 per ton tax on carbon emissions, with revenue returned to the American public—has been hotly debated since it was released in early February.

Climate Change
Blog Post
RFF on the Issues: Assessing Trump’s Promise to Eliminate the Clean Power Plan
Jan 26, 2017 | Peter Nelson
Shortly following his inauguration, President Trump began signing executive orders for action to keep promises made on the campaign trail. One such promise was to rescind the Obama administration’s Climate Action Plan, an initiative to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change

Decarbonization: It Ain’t That Easy

Developing Analysis with the Decisionmaking Scale in Mind

New Issue of Resources Magazine: Spring 2018

What Research Says on Key Fracking Debate Issues

The Impacts of Lower Natural Gas Prices on Employment in the Manufacturing Sector

Book Launch: "Confronting the Climate Challenge: US Policy Options"

Richard G. Newell

Ann M. Bartuska

Raymond J. Kopp

Terri O'Brien

Paula Wolferseder Yabar

Making Sense of the Trump Administration's Fuel Economy Standard Rollback

Learning from Nationally Determined Contributions

The 2016 BLM Methane Waste Prevention Rule: Should It Stay or Should It Go?

Clean Power Plan

Air Pollution Success Stories in the United States: the Value of Long-Term Observations

Comments to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and the Maryland General Assembly on the Proposed Repeal of the Clean Power Plan

What Does Repeal of the Clean Power Plan Mean for Future Climate and Energy Policies?

Using Production Incentives to Avoid Emissions Leakage

Economic Reregulation, Environmental Deregulation, and the Future of US Coal-Fired Generation

Hazy Treatment of Health Benefits: The Case of the Clean Power Plan

Casey Wichman on Global versus Domestic Benefits in Assessing US Climate Action

Trump’s Climate Executive Order Discards American Values

RFF on the Issues: Carbon Pricing versus Federal Regulations to Reduce US Emissions

RFF on the Issues: Assessing Trump’s Promise to Eliminate the Clean Power Plan